BJP’s 'Lotus' to blossom in UP civic body polls, predicts survey

New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is going to sweep the local body polls in the state by winning 15 out of 16 municipal corporations, predicted ABP News-C Voter survey.

According to the survey, BJP will give no chance of revival to its rival parties like Samajwadi Party, Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party, which faced a major drubbing in the state assembly elections earlier this year.

The survey claims that no party would be able to pose any threat to BJP at any municipal corporation. The only Nagar Nigam where BJP may end up at second place is Firozabad, where SP is likely to take the mayoral post with 30 per cent votes.

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BJP is going to get more than 40 per cent vote share in 12 municipal corporations, the exit poll predicted.

The polling for the local bodies across the state took place in three phases with the last phase ending on Wednesday.

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BJP's campaign was being led by none other than Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who carried out 40 elections rallies across the state during the elections.

Here is the vote percentage shared by the major parities at the 16 municipal corporations:

1. Lucknow

BJP: 40 per cent

SP: 27 per cent

Congress: 18 per cent

BSP: 13 per cent

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2. Varanasi

BJP: 45 per cent

SP: 21 per cent

Congress: 16 per cent

BSP: 14 per cent

3. Gorakhpur

BJP: 46 per cent

SP: 22 per cent

Congress: 9 per cent

BSP: 10 per cent

4. Ayodhya

BJP: 48 per cent

SP: 32 per cent

Congress: 2 per cent

BSP: 17 per cent

5. Allahabad

BJP: 49 per cent

SP: 25 per cent

Congress: 12 per cent

BSP: 13 per cent

6. Mathura

BJP: 50 per cent

SP: 7 per cent

Congress: 21 per cent

BSP: 9 per cent

7. Firozabad

BJP: 25 per cent

SP: 30 per cent

Congress: 7 per cent

BSP: 7 per cent

8. Aligarh

BJP: 46 per cent

SP: 24 per cent

Congress: 3 per cent

BSP: 24 per cent

9. Bareilly

BJP: 49 per cent

SP: 20 per cent

Congress: 18 per cent

BSP: 9 per cent

10. Jhansi

BJP: 46 per cent

SP: 9 per cent

Congress: 18 per cent

BSP: 23 per cent

11. Agra

BJP: 52 per cent

SP: 12 per cent

Congress: 4 per cent

BSP: 27 per cent

12. Kanpur

BJP: 34 per cent

SP: 25 per cent

Congress: 20 per cent

BSP: 21 per cent

13. Ghaziabad

BJP: 50 per cent

SP: Not mentioned

Congress: Not Mentioned

BSP: Not Mentioned

The figures for Meerut, Moradabad and Saharanpur have not been predicted by the surveying authority.